New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-09

ald,7 TO thank the President for what he has
done rather than to reproach HIM lor wha1 Hc
has not done" Precisely, precisely Ana just
so YOU are disposed TO reproach the republican
party for what it has not done rather than to
thank it for what it has done. Ana lhde-
pendcnce as thus made manifest is something TOO
good for human natures daily 1o0d.
What a load Mayor Hewitt will have of his
mind when he gets through with bis appointments
Out in Chicago they don't want booders' to
run the city from behind prison bars. we don
like here to be manipulated from Canada; ana
vet we are told that John Keenan, still keeps bis
grip 1t looks mere like a grIp-saek, though.
The Chicago Tribune is unwilling TO have
Sarah Bernhardt return to that city, even though
she comes intending to invest IN real cstate'
unless she is unac companed by her tiger
Sarah would do well 10 give Chicago the g0-by
and put out her money IN Dakota. Dal<ota-l
We are mistaken The Dakota BelI' will please
correct us-will welcome any lady or gentleman
having current funds TO invest in city lots, even
thoug. the Spectator comes attended by all the
kinds of Wild beasts that were represented In
Noahs Ark
All yes, il is only too evident that ex-senator
Grady still refuses 10 promote the personal
comfort" OF Grover Cleveland. The ex-senator
is an able and persistent hater. And then he's
so fluent
why was it, inquiries "Thc Voice" "that
both saloonkccpcrs and Prohibitionists fought the
ycrdcr bill ?r That's easy one. They both fought
IL for q selfish reason. The saoon-keepers because
it was a check upon their business; the Pro
hibitioniSts because although in the interest oil
reform IL was calculated 70 take the wind out
Of the third party movement
The St. Louis Globe Democrat thinks that
il is n remarkable fact that New-York is gov
erncd by Common Council composed Of twenty |
five members, fourteen of whom are saloon
keepcrsr Well there Is nothing remarkable !
about the majority OF the Board of Aldermen
being composed OF hIuor-dealers, when the size
Of the Democratic majority in the city Is taken
into consideration. But our contemporary makes
q mistake about Ncw-York being governed by the
Common Council. About the only authority 1t
possesses is to grant permits for street obstruc-
tons, which permits the courts refuse to recog.
uize The most the members have TO do Is to
draw their salaries
Mayor Hewitt has tried his hand at tenement |
house reform and says Ire is perfectly willing to
let some else take up the burden. We hope |
that he will have more patience in his efforts
for municipal reform.
Mr. John +. ST. John is open TO engagements, |
MS usual, at $50 night Tor alleged prohibition
addresses. lie has just flied three engagements
in Massachusetts and he says that he is engaged |
for sevcntee nights in New-iork and Pennsyl- |
vania. Then he goes TO California. lie adds !
We are fighting the Republican party now.
Exactly that is what St. John is doing; and AS
he Rs.ttul RI is i'm
not max NJ IL worth while Tor anybody 10 pay |
for speeches against it there, st. John did his |
talking in Massachusetts. But there was
lively prohibition canvass IN Texas all the same,
and there is one now in Tennessee, which votes
on the question in September. ST. John. does his
hard work in States like Maine, where prohibition
has existed for quarter of a century, but |
where the Republican party is in the majority.
1t must be Illuminating to the decent people OF
Canada TO read Of the efforts Of its officials to
shield n convicted thief like McCariglc At this !
rate Canada will be known after while as the |
Thieves Paradise.
The Afghan rebels who doubtless under Russian 7
inspiration, driving the Ameer to his last re- 4
sources, must not be conloundcd with the always !
turbulent tribes the Turkcstan border. The |
GhiIzais are tribes Of Southern Afghanistan. !
fifty miles northeast of Candahar and within
sevcnty-fivc miles of Qucttah. This is in the |
Argandab valley, far TO the southwark Of Cabul
and IIerat That the rcsistless tide of Russian |
aggression should have reached almost to the |
ramparts of llcrat while at the same time
sympathetic food Of dsaflection rolls through the
southern provinces Of his realm, cutting him OH
from the Indian frontier, may we'll make Abdur-
rahman play desperately his last card of appeal
TO British protection.
Out OF 1872 appointments in the Philadelphia
postoiIice under alleged Civil Service rules only
two were Republicans. And yet civil Service |
reformers say that this Administration means
well. From Democratic point of view 1t does
il means TO nut none except Democrats on guard,
and TO accomplish this experienced officials must
go.
"The Kansas City Times" is entitled to
leather medal for having the champion mncom-
roop on its staff lie editorally accuses the lie
publ,can leaders of entering into conspiracy
against the business prosperity of the country, Id
order 10 injure dc Democratic Administration
This fellow probably thinks Mr. blaine is re.
sponsibIe for the hot weather. and went to Europe
Ia escape from the consequences OF such base
ness Probably General Greedy, Of the Signal
Service is a Republican and entered INTO the
conspiracy.
The Administration has revoked Captain Seotts .
instructions TO the American fishing fleet issued at
the request of Admiral Luce Is it prepared to sub
stitute for the printed abstract OF the Canadian
claims, which three United States men-oi-war
have been peddlng about the fishing banks u
clear decisive and unequivocal statement OF
American rights? The fishermen are In need OF
information. They know already what the cana
dian cruisers will do il Yankee craft are caught +
inside the thrce-mile limit What they woulu